RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
Three quick presses of the power button or right hand side button. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Friday, 8 January 2021 1:43 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? How do you turn on voice over on an iPhone without the home button? I know I can just hit the home button 3 times on my iPhone 8. Thanks. Also, I'm sure apple accessibility will help you with setting up your apple device. When I got my iPhone 8, I accidentally locked myself out of my iPhone because I had trouble entering my passcode. When I called apple accessibility, I was told that I would need to reinstall my iPhone's operating system or something. This guy, helped me get on iTunes and walked me through the steps. Once that was done, someone else helped me set up my iPhone. On 1/6/21, Mervin Keck wrote: > I have set up both an iPad Mini 4 and an iPad Pro 2018 out of the box. > I have also set up several watches, iPhones, and a MacBook air out of the box. > I have a new MacBook Pro coming in a few weeks with the M1 chip and I > am anticipating setting that up out of the box as well. Soon my > journey back to the land of all things Apple will be complete. > Merv > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Simon A Fogarty > Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 9:13 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without > Any Sighted Assistance? > > Yeah, > > I've had no sighted assistance setting up any of my apple products. > > Three clicks on the home or power buttons at start up will turn > voiceover on. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Evan Reese > Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2021 8:40 am > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any > Sighted Assistance? > > Hello, > > Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to > get an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? > > The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting > an appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that > for a blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it > running from square one. > > My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I > have none at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, > having had an iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help > in setting it up, once VoiceOver has been activated. > > I would be grateful for any advice on this. > > Evan > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, > or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact > the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/ac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%40dslextreme.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, > or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact > the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SYAPR01MB23196CD82613E79BA12A2C748AAF0%40SYAPR01MB2319.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, > or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact > the owners or moderators directly rather than
RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
I believe on a phone it is a triple click of the side button, or on an iPad without a home button, a triple click of the button on the top. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Joshua Hendrickson [louv...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2021 7:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? How do you turn on voice over on an iPhone without the home button? I know I can just hit the home button 3 times on my iPhone 8. Thanks. Also, I'm sure apple accessibility will help you with setting up your apple device. When I got my iPhone 8, I accidentally locked myself out of my iPhone because I had trouble entering my passcode. When I called apple accessibility, I was told that I would need to reinstall my iPhone's operating system or something. This guy, helped me get on iTunes and walked me through the steps. Once that was done, someone else helped me set up my iPhone. On 1/6/21, Mervin Keck wrote: > I have set up both an iPad Mini 4 and an iPad Pro 2018 out of the box. I > have also set up several watches, iPhones, and a MacBook air out of the box. > I have a new MacBook Pro coming in a few weeks with the M1 chip and I am > anticipating setting that up out of the box as well. Soon my journey back to > the land of all things Apple will be complete. > Merv > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon > A Fogarty > Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 9:13 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any > Sighted Assistance? > > Yeah, > > I've had no sighted assistance setting up any of my apple products. > > Three clicks on the home or power buttons at start up will turn voiceover > on. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Evan > Reese > Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2021 8:40 am > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted > Assistance? > > Hello, > > Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to get > an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? > > The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting an > appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that for a > blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it running from > square one. > > My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I have none > at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, having had an > iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help in setting it up, > once VoiceOver has been activated. > > I would be grateful for any advice on this. > > Evan > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7Cpamela.a.ekstrand.-nd%40disney.com%7C53089427382d43e501c408d8b309bc27%7C56b731a8a2ac4c32bf6b616810e913c6%7C1%7C0%7C637456201683523511%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=3kQ7DDwFn4jsUBTevSGVsf7AiwA44av4uWl02pBUT4Q%3Dreserved=0 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fviphone%2Fac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%2540dslextreme.comdata=04%7C01%7Cpamela.a.ekstrand.-nd%40disney.com%7C53089427382d43e501c408d8b309bc27%7C56b731a8a2ac4c32bf6b616810e913c6%7C1%7C0%7C637456201683523511%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=JT3g%2Fm9jyAsCxE9RuNEJwDzWGkpJLK%2Fa4O8D6HsBpyU%3Dreserved=0. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner
Re: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
How do you turn on voice over on an iPhone without the home button? I know I can just hit the home button 3 times on my iPhone 8. Thanks. Also, I'm sure apple accessibility will help you with setting up your apple device. When I got my iPhone 8, I accidentally locked myself out of my iPhone because I had trouble entering my passcode. When I called apple accessibility, I was told that I would need to reinstall my iPhone's operating system or something. This guy, helped me get on iTunes and walked me through the steps. Once that was done, someone else helped me set up my iPhone. On 1/6/21, Mervin Keck wrote: > I have set up both an iPad Mini 4 and an iPad Pro 2018 out of the box. I > have also set up several watches, iPhones, and a MacBook air out of the box. > I have a new MacBook Pro coming in a few weeks with the M1 chip and I am > anticipating setting that up out of the box as well. Soon my journey back to > the land of all things Apple will be complete. > Merv > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon > A Fogarty > Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 9:13 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any > Sighted Assistance? > > Yeah, > > I've had no sighted assistance setting up any of my apple products. > > Three clicks on the home or power buttons at start up will turn voiceover > on. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Evan > Reese > Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2021 8:40 am > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted > Assistance? > > Hello, > > Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to get > an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? > > The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting an > appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that for a > blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it running from > square one. > > My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I have none > at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, having had an > iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help in setting it up, > once VoiceOver has been activated. > > I would be grateful for any advice on this. > > Evan > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/ac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%40dslextreme.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SYAPR01MB23196CD82613E79BA12A2C748AAF0%40SYAPR01MB2319.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are
RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
I have set up both an iPad Mini 4 and an iPad Pro 2018 out of the box. I have also set up several watches, iPhones, and a MacBook air out of the box. I have a new MacBook Pro coming in a few weeks with the M1 chip and I am anticipating setting that up out of the box as well. Soon my journey back to the land of all things Apple will be complete. Merv -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon A Fogarty Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 9:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Yeah, I've had no sighted assistance setting up any of my apple products. Three clicks on the home or power buttons at start up will turn voiceover on. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2021 8:40 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Hello, Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to get an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting an appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that for a blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it running from square one. My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I have none at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, having had an iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help in setting it up, once VoiceOver has been activated. I would be grateful for any advice on this. Evan -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/ac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%40dslextreme.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SYAPR01MB23196CD82613E79BA12A2C748AAF0%40SYAPR01MB2319.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/BN8PR06MB597297C6C2C79C135E6F2363FEAF0%40BN8PR06MB5972.namprd06.prod.outlook.com.
RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
Yeah, I've had no sighted assistance setting up any of my apple products. Three clicks on the home or power buttons at start up will turn voiceover on. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2021 8:40 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Hello, Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to get an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting an appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that for a blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it running from square one. My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I have none at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, having had an iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help in setting it up, once VoiceOver has been activated. I would be grateful for any advice on this. Evan -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/ac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%40dslextreme.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SYAPR01MB23196CD82613E79BA12A2C748AAF0%40SYAPR01MB2319.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com.
Re: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
Yes. Richard Software means never having to say you're finished On Jan 6, 2021, at 4:22 PM, Fazil wrote: Does the side switch require three clicks too? Thanks! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2021 11:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? That is correct. Power it up, and triple click the home button or in the iPad's case, possibly the side switch if no home button, and you can go from there. Richard, in the U.S. "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy * I'm not the card shark * My web site, https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.turner42.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7C%7C80c6bfc7edaa4668514308d8b2a2594e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637455757638811594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=8sDvBPqUf%2Bc8EJobaargNu9BBsDc7gbjtm641RIMnDQ%3Dreserved=0 * -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 11:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Evan, I just got an iPad mini for Christmas, and the setup was no problem. VoiceOver started with triple click home, and you can just follow the prompts from there. I had an older iPad, so I restored an iCloud backup of that to the new mini. In short, no vision was needed. Good luck, Pam -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 2:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Hello, Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to get an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting an appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that for a blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it running from square one. My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I have none at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, having had an iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help in setting it up, once VoiceOver has been activated. I would be grateful for any advice on this. Evan -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7C%7C80c6bfc7edaa4668514308d8b2a2594e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637455757638811594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=QsbaLcaH%2BIQcvJEYsiGBWf5aJUkr9ExEPdpdHDLL1TA%3Dreserved=0 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fviphone%2Fac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%2540dslextreme.comdata=04%7C01%7C%7C80c6bfc7edaa4668514308d8b2a2594e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637455757638811594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=WdHevZtHvzrsnjb0WOZf6EWWQhEWoFmBstgXMTo2EfQ%3Dreserved=0. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched
RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
Does the side switch require three clicks too? Thanks! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2021 11:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? That is correct. Power it up, and triple click the home button or in the iPad's case, possibly the side switch if no home button, and you can go from there. Richard, in the U.S. "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy * I'm not the card shark * My web site, www.turner42.com * -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 11:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Evan, I just got an iPad mini for Christmas, and the setup was no problem. VoiceOver started with triple click home, and you can just follow the prompts from there. I had an older iPad, so I restored an iCloud backup of that to the new mini. In short, no vision was needed. Good luck, Pam -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 2:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Hello, Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to get an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting an appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that for a blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it running from square one. My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I have none at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, having had an iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help in setting it up, once VoiceOver has been activated. I would be grateful for any advice on this. Evan -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7C%7C27ec21e8cbab416232e408d8b27b83e3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637455590846356206%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=Y1G6wSxOq8kWweGVZ0Tw8CnfW4JkK%2FCQZ%2BraIF2kllg%3Dreserved=0 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fviphone%2Fac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%2540dslextreme.comdata=04%7C01%7C%7C27ec21e8cbab416232e408d8b27b83e3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637455590846366207%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=cmKAqcqI%2FpNoacGVfRTlZ3ZC8SmgALfqrNXUrgJvZJ8%3Dreserved=0. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7C%7C27ec21e8cbab416232e408d8b27b83e3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637455590846366207%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=GWUyFk5%2FrviyM%2F%2BMBib9g5aJX3%2B1U4HuW8P2dZh0EIM%3Dreserved=0 --- You received this message because you are
RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
That is correct. Power it up, and triple click the home button or in the iPad's case, possibly the side switch if no home button, and you can go from there. Richard, in the U.S. "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy * I'm not the card shark * My web site, www.turner42.com * -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 11:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Evan, I just got an iPad mini for Christmas, and the setup was no problem. VoiceOver started with triple click home, and you can just follow the prompts from there. I had an older iPad, so I restored an iCloud backup of that to the new mini. In short, no vision was needed. Good luck, Pam -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 2:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Hello, Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to get an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting an appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that for a blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it running from square one. My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I have none at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, having had an iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help in setting it up, once VoiceOver has been activated. I would be grateful for any advice on this. Evan -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7C%7C27ec21e8cbab416232e408d8b27b83e3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637455590846356206%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=Y1G6wSxOq8kWweGVZ0Tw8CnfW4JkK%2FCQZ%2BraIF2kllg%3Dreserved=0 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fviphone%2Fac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%2540dslextreme.comdata=04%7C01%7C%7C27ec21e8cbab416232e408d8b27b83e3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637455590846366207%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=cmKAqcqI%2FpNoacGVfRTlZ3ZC8SmgALfqrNXUrgJvZJ8%3Dreserved=0. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7C%7C27ec21e8cbab416232e408d8b27b83e3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637455590846366207%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=GWUyFk5%2FrviyM%2F%2BMBib9g5aJX3%2B1U4HuW8P2dZh0EIM%3Dreserved=0 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit
RE: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
Evan, I just got an iPad mini for Christmas, and the setup was no problem. VoiceOver started with triple click home, and you can just follow the prompts from there. I had an older iPad, so I restored an iCloud backup of that to the new mini. In short, no vision was needed. Good luck, Pam -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 2:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance? Hello, Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to get an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting an appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that for a blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it running from square one. My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I have none at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, having had an iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help in setting it up, once VoiceOver has been activated. I would be grateful for any advice on this. Evan -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7Cpamela.a.ekstrand.-nd%40disney.com%7Cfe4acd35882a45c4336208d8b27ae506%7C56b731a8a2ac4c32bf6b616810e913c6%7C1%7C0%7C637455588187858487%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=%2FJa%2Fu9sQE4FXxzTlCRTUOehKqe2n0KwaSFQfdo4dRzo%3Dreserved=0 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fviphone%2Fac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%2540dslextreme.comdata=04%7C01%7Cpamela.a.ekstrand.-nd%40disney.com%7Cfe4acd35882a45c4336208d8b27ae506%7C56b731a8a2ac4c32bf6b616810e913c6%7C1%7C0%7C637455588187858487%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000sdata=jyR0OGCySBU5eIRSrS74qLR%2BOP%2BolGD5QcN1AmA5KP8%3Dreserved=0. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/BYAPR03MB3480437A68AD02EE7DA01391D5D00%40BYAPR03MB3480.namprd03.prod.outlook.com.
Is It Possible to Set Up an iPad out of the Box without Any Sighted Assistance?
Hello, Kind of a followup to my recent inquiry, if my Life Partner decides to get an iPad, is it possible to set one up without any sighted assistance? The problem is that we are having a very hard time right now getting an appointment at the Apple store, where they would normally do that for a blind customer. So basically, we would be having to get it running from square one. My Life Partner has a very limited amount of partial vision, and I have none at all. I do however, have some familiarity with VoiceOver, having had an iPad Mini for a few years. So I could likely be of help in setting it up, once VoiceOver has been activated. I would be grateful for any advice on this. Evan -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/ac625b63-e2b9-8860-7f05-add98b404f55%40dslextreme.com.
